Improvement in hay and grain-elevators



NA PETERS, PIIOTO-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON,

ttntrd f tatea JOHN DEN-Nrs, or osWE-co, NEW vonk.

-f Letters Patent No. 98,042, dated December 21, 1869.

IMROVEMENT IN HAY' AND GRAN-ELEVATORS.

The Schedule referred' to in these Letters Patent and making part of th'e sama.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, J oHN DENNIS, of Oswego, in

the county of Oswego, and State' ot' N ew York, (at present temporarily residing at New Market, in the .County of York, and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay and Grain-Elevator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact der script-ion thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use'the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal section of ythe top part of the frame of a barn to which my improvement has been attached.

Figure 2 isl a vertical section of the saine, taken through the line :t x, iig. 1.

FigureA 3 is a detail vertical section of the same, taken through the line y y, iig. 1

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved device to be used in connection with my irnproved hay and grain-elevator, patented September 21, 1869, and numbered 95,006, for thepurpose of moving the whole load of hay or grain, when elevated, to any desired part of the barn before unloading it; and

It consists in the train-way or track, and in the guide-aprons, the whole being constructed and operating as hereinafter more fullydeseribed.

A represents the frame of a barn.

Upon the upper tie-beams of the barn, or at or about the same height as said beams, is erected a tram-way or track B C, the part B being stationary, and the part C that extends over the barn-floor being jointed, as shown in iigs. 1 and 3, so that the said part C may be turned back out of the way when raising the load of hay or grain, and swung back beneath said Load when it has been/suiciently' elevated, and again removed or swung out ofthe way, to allow the empty wagon-rack to be lowered to the wagon.

The track B C inclines from the floor toward the outer side or end of the mow; and when there isa mow upon both sides ofthe door, the stationary parts of the track may incline in bot-h directions from said door. 1n this case themovable or swinging part C of said track should have a reversibleincliue placed uponI it, so that it may be'rnade to incline in either direction, according to the side upon which the'load is/'to be unloaded.

D is a small car, the wheels of which roll along-the track B G, and the body of which may be made inclined, to correspond with the inclination of 'the track B C. l i In case the track is made toineline in both directions, the inclined part of the body of the car D may be made reversible, to correspond with the inclination of either part of said track.

In ease the track inclines in but one direction, the l inclination ofthe car D may be obtained by making two of itswheels larger than the other two.

In using the device, when the'wagonuack and load have been raised, the movable part O of the track B C is swung into place, and the oar D is run beneath the loaded rack. The loaded rack is then lowered upon the car D, which is then allmved to run downthe inclined track to the desired position. The load may then be pitched into the mow by hand, or it may be unloaded bodily by checking the car suddenly, so that the acquired momentum of the load may carry it into the mow. The car and wagon-rack are then drawn back, the rack is raised from the car,.the car and movable part ot the track are removed, and the rack lowered upon the wagon.

E are aprons or slides pivoted to the frame A, ot' the barn, upon both sides of the track B,`which, when the middle section of the mow is lled, may be used to guide the hay or grain into any desired part of the end sections ofthe mow, by supporting the saidaprons 4atthe proper inclination.

l Having -thus 4described my invention,

`I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thetrack B C, constructed as described, and car D, in combinationrwith the frame of a brn, when used in connection with my improved hay and grainelevator, patented September 21, 1869, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The aprons or slides E, in combinationwith the frame A, track BQ, and car D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

The above specication of my inventionsigned by me, this 15th day of Septembeg-, 1869.

Witnesses: JOHN DENNIS.

.IOHN BENTLEY, J oHN` Cook. 

